1. English and its history
M3U2 Reading
English and its history

2. Skimming to get
general ideas

3. Skimming
1. English is a language with so many confusing rules, because __________.
English has a long history
B. England is separated from the European mainland
C. the English population is large
D. the English nation consists of people from different cultures

4. Skimming
2. The English word pork has a(n) ______ origin.
English
B. German
C. French
D. Danish

5. Skimming
3. Compared with the other three, ____ has many Latin words.
Old English
B. Middle England
C. Modern English
D. Celtic

6. Topic: English and its history
parts
Main idea
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
A ____________to the English language
general introduction
How ___________formed by giving examples in the order of time
Old English
How ____________formed by giving examples in the order of time
Middle English
How __________formed
Modern English
English is a ______language.
living
Conclusion

7. Before the middle of 5th century People in Britain all spoke Celtic
Time
Events
Before the middle of 5th century
People in Britain all spoke Celtic
At the end of 9th century
The Vikings began to move to Britain
Old English had become the official language of England.
By the 10th century
In 1066
Norman Conquest
English had come into widespread use in England.
By the latter half of 14th century
Henry IV became King of England
and used English for all official events.
In 1399
During the Renaissance
in 16th century
Modern English appeared.

8. Middle English French’s influence on English: 1. More words with
similar meanings
2. Words for meat and animals
3. French ways of
making plurals

9. reply answer More words with similar meanings. Old English Old French
the same meaning (回答）
reply
answer
Old English
Old French

10. Many words with similar meanings
the same meaning ( 生病的）
sick
ill
Norse
Anglo-Saxon

11. Why ? French beef mutton pork bacon English ox/cow sheep pig
Examples
Words for animals
Words for
their meat
English
French
ox/cow
beef
Why ?
mutton
sheep
pork
bacon
pig

12. Making plurals Examples Germanic way French way house shoe man child
housen
houses
shoen
shoes
men
children

13. English and its history
Consolidation
English and its history
Old English
In the middle of the 5th century, the language 1.________ in Britain was Celtic. Then Britain was 2.________ by the Angles and the Saxons, who brought their language into Old English.
At the end of the 9th century, the Vikings created Old English, 3._______ their languages with Anglo-Saxon.
By the 10th century, Old English, had become the 4.________ language of English.
Middle English
In 1066, England was 5._______ by the Normans, but French didn’t take the 6._____ of English as the first language.
By the latter half of the 14th century, English had been 7.________used among all classes in England.
8.________ English
Vocabulary and pronunciation also went 9._________ great changes during the Renaissance. It is 10.________ that English will continue developing in the future.
spoken
occupied
mixing
official
defeated
place
widely
Modern
through
certain

14. Choose the phrase to fill in the blanks
take controle of name after lead to
play a part in be made up of go through
aside from make great contributions to
However, the Silk Road _____________many routes, no one smooth path.
The month of June __________ the goddess Juno.
_________ my room, there are two dozen rooms in this courtyard.
It was said this discovery __________the development of modern electronics, including radio and television.
was made up of
was named after
Aside from
(had) led to

15. Choose the phrase to fill in the blanks
take controle of name after lead to
play a part in be made up of go through
aside from make great contributions to
China has ________________ safeguarding world peace and promoting international coperation.
In the early 20th century, China _________too many wars.
Everyone should ___________protecting the environment.
Jack____________ the business after his father died.
made great contributions to
went through
play a part in
took controle of

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